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the internal anatomy the organization of the " squash " 

 I have not had space to say aught of the delicate nerve- 

 chain, or the many-chambered heart. But perhaps I have 

 said enough to kindle (or re-kindle) an interest in the 

 honey-bee, and may now leave the reader, if so he will, 

 to seek fuller informations in the writings of Huber, 

 Be van, Lubbock, Cheshire, in the admirable and inexpen- 

 sive little volume which Mr. T. W. Cowan has recently 

 published ; or, better still, by a study at first hand with 

 the aid of Dr. Cowan's book, of the honey-bee itself. 



